Museum preview: 1993-94 - Guide to Galleries, Museums, Artists 1993-94

Teotihuacan: City of

the Gods

The first exhibition at any time on the art of Mexico's first urban state, which existed from 150 BC to 750 A.D. upon what is now the most-visited archeological site in the region features over 200 works from collections in North America and Europe The present to view includes monumental stone sculptures, stone figures and masks, terra-cotta censer figurines, fresco and incised utensils and painted wall murals, and is organized by means of Kathleen Berrin, curator of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It appears at the MH de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, May 26-Oct 31 1993 its single venue.

The World of Frida

Kahlo

Organized by dint of the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, in cooperation with Europalia 93 Mexico, this exhibition features 70 paintings, prints and drawings, including 30 works from the holdings of Dolores Olmedo, director of the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museums in Mexico City. Before its final appearance at the Museum of present Art in Brussels, the present to view makes its only U.S. stop at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, June 6-Aug. 29 1993

Robert Irwin

The first comprehensive retrospective of this lock opener figure in California's Light and Space change contains approximately 40 paintings and statuarys dating from the late 1950 to the early |70 sum of two units re-created installations from the '70 and a specially commissioned fresh work. The show is jointly organized by dint of L.A. Museum of Contemporary Art director Richard Koshalek and MOCA associate curator Kerry Brougher, and premieres at L.A. MOCA, June 20-Aug. 15 1993 succeeding itinerary: Cologne Kunstverein, Mar. 15-May 15 1994; Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, June 22-Sept 30 1994; Reina Sofia, Madrid, Jan. 31-Apr. 17 1995; Guggenheim Museum, dates to be announced.

Art of the Other

Mexico: Sources &

Meanings

Featuring the work of 20 contemporary artists from across the U this exhibition explores the Mexico de Afuera, the "other Mexico" compos of clan of Mexican descent living in the U Curated by means of Rene H. Arceo-Frutos, Juana Guzman and Amalia Mesa-Bains, the display includes work by Judy Baca, Margaret Garcia, Luis Jimenez, Celia Alvarez Munoz, Patssi Valdez and other. It render free of accesss this summer at Chicago's Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, June 18-Sept 12 1993 following itinerary: Museo de Arte Moderne Mexico City, Nov. 10 1993-Jan. 24 1994; Museo Regional de Oaxaca, Feb 11-Mar. 30 1994; Centro Cultural Tijuana, May-July 1994 (dates to be announced); Museo del Barrio, of recent origin York, Jan. 15 Mar. 5 1995; Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Mar. 31-May 28 1995; other possible venue are to be announced.

The Divine Word

of Islam

The divine revelations received by dint of Muhammed during the early seventh hundred - complied in the Koran - are showed in this exhibition via 23 works, drawn primarily from the Henri Vever collection at the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery. The display includes bound a book of prayer and a ceramic tombstone, dating from the 14th [i]or[/i] part of to the other the 18th centuries. The long-term installation is organized by the agency of Marianna Shreve Simpson, Sackler curator of Northeastern Islamic art, and appears at the Sackler Gallery, July 4 1993-Jan. 2 1994

Into the Forefront:

American Indian Art in

the 20th Century

Approximately 60 works, ranging from clay ware by the turn-of-the-century Hopi artisan Nampeyo to paintings by dint of contemporary artist Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds, tender a survey of the changes that have occurr in Native American art since 1890 The display is organized by Richard Conn chief curator of the Denver Art Museum, where it appears July 10-Nov. 7 1993

Visions of Antiquity:

Neoclassical Figure

Drawing

Focusing upon the period between 1760 and 1830 this exhibition features approximately 125 drawings by the agency of artists ranging from Blake and Fuseli to Canova and Ingres. The exhibition is organized by dint of Victor Carlson, senior curator of prints and drawings at the beholds Angeles County Museum of Art, where it premieres July 22-Sept 19 1993 following itinerary: Philadelphia Museum, Oct. 30 1993-Jan. 2 1994; Minneapolis Institute, Feb 6-Apr. 3 1994

After Perestroika:

Kitchenmaids or

Stateswomen

The 39 works in this exhibition demonstrate ways in which communal living, medical practices, propaganda, sexism and cultural chauvinism contributed to the dismal realities of life for women in the hyper-patriarchal Soviet society. Curated by dint of Margarita Tupitsyn for Independent Curators Incorporated, the display premieres at Le Centre International d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Aug. 1-Oct 3 1993 following itinerary: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Nov. 6-Dec 31; DePree Art Center and Gallery, trust College, Holland, Mich., Feb. 12-Mar. 27 1994; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash., Apr. 18-June 11 1994

Fritz Bultman

This in-depth observe of the New Orleans-born abstractionist (1919-1985) who studied at the Chicago Bauhaus and with Hans Hofmann in fresh York features 93 paintings, drawings, plastic arts and collages. It is organized by dint of William Fagaly, assistant director of the fresh Orleans Museum of Art, and appears there Aug. 7-Sept 26 1993 after itinerary: Greenville County Museum, Nov. 9 1993-Jan. 2 1994; Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Apr. 29-July 10 1994; Provincetown (Mass.) Art Association and Museum, race 9-Oct. 30, 1994.